Ryan Adams has worked for Verizon for 15 years. His primary focus is the SQL Server Engine, high availability, and disaster recovery. Previously he was a Senior Active Directory Architect and designed the company's worldwide Active Directory infrastructure. He serves on the Board of Directors for the North Texas SQL Server User Group and is President of the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. He also serves as a Regional Mentor for PASS and holds the following certifications: MCP MCSA MCSE MCDBA MCTS MCITP.

Jes Borland will be speaking for the Performance Virtual Chapter this month. Don’t miss out on this free training. Here are the details and click the link to visit the chapter website for the LiveMeeting link and to add to your calendar:

Every DBA must know how to create and maintain filegroups because they affect performance, maintenance, and security of your data. What are filegroups, and how do you use them? In this session, I’ll show you how to create filegroups, create objects in them, move objects to them, perform maintenance, and walk through piecemeal restores.

Bio

Jes Schultz Borland is a Technical Consultant at Blue Door Consulting in Oshkosh, WI. She holds an AAS – Programmer/Analyst degree. She has worked with SQL Server since 2007, focusing on Reporting Services and day-to-day administration. She is an active member of PASS, Director of Communication for MADPASS, and Director of Social Media for the PASS WIT virtual chapter. She’s a frequent presenter at user groups, SQL Saturdays, and other community events. She is also an avid tweeter, blogger and runner.